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Back to Black: Limited Deluxe Edition | 
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| Artist: Amy Winehouse
Label: Island
Category: Music
List Price: £15.99
Buy New: £11.48
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 13206
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 602517490970
EAN: 0602517490970
ASIN: B000W01G2Y
Release Date: November 5, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand new and factory sealed! All orders ship via Air Mail from the USA and are delivered in 7-10 days!
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| Tracks:
| » | Valerie | | » | Cupid | | » | Monkey Man | | » | To Know Him Is To Love Him | | » | Hey Little Rich Girl | | » | You're Wondering Now | | » | Some Unholy War | | » | Love Is A Losing Game | | » | Some Unholy War | | » | He Can Only Hold Her | | » | Addicted Disc: 2 |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
The bonus CD is brilliant July 18, 2008
Never really knew much about Amy until I saw her on Glastonbury 2008 and boy I was hooked. She's not just some spaced out horrid junkie kid. She is a crazy, mixed up kid who lacks guidance and is flat out on the road to perdition and someone should stand up and help the poor kid. Get rid of the losers & goldiggers in her life.
This album has real soul. The voice is one in a billion and her rendition of some old classics on CD2 is priceless. Grab it while you can and long may she reign. She hit me like Elvis, Billie Halliday, Nina Simone she is a real mix of pure class and thank god we can bottle her voice and sell it these days.
PS: I'm middle aged now and I know all the original versions as well so that's saying something. Grab this one you wont regret it.
Original 11 songs PLUS 8 MORE! May 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A masterpiece of classic singing in the old style of the 30s with heart braking lyrics that comes together in surely the album of the year.
Amy Winehouse is a tortured soul who falls madly in love, and then gets dumped. Not a happy story, but inspiration for most of her songs. That and drugs feature strongly.
Her emotion is raw, her lyrics are powerful, and her songs are catchy.
Buy this now and you will not be disappointed.
Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant April 22, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A classic album by a girl who holds nothing back. Share the joy, feel the pain. This is a must have CD in any collection.
Classic - worth the money if you are on a limited budget April 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can play this over and over again. I enjoy most tracks. I didn't initially like Amys voice. But listening to her music I started to to appreciate the musicality, soul and style. I now love Amy voice and musicality/ musical style.
The most memorable are Rehab, love is a loosing game, you know I am no good, Valerie and Cupid.
I love no no no and go go go in Rehab. I can't say I approve of the drug culture. But I suppose this subject is a big modern issue in the inner cities. So it's somthing worth thinking about
Valerie and Cupid are fun songs. I like the way Amy sings Valerie but also think it's a good song for karoke; so normal/average singers could have some fun joining in. It's a song for the masses.
Worth it for the extra songs April 11, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This version of the album includes a second disc containing some well chosen cover versions ("Cupid" being the most memorable), although Amy leans a bit too heavily on the ska style for my liking. That said, it's definitely worth checking out this version rather than the earlier one that's still available (particularly when it's such a short album by modern standards).
There's probably not much that can be said about "Back To Black" that hasn't been said already. It's a fantastic album, certainly a big confident leap forward from "Frank" (which could really have been an EP for the number of decent songs on there). The only slight criticism I would make is the shamelessly retro style of the production - the Sixties vibe has been re-created so slavishly, sometimes to the detriment of the songs. But this is a minor point really.
If you've only heard the singles from this album, you might be surprised at how dark it all is. Whereas "Frank" was largely exhuberant and joyous, this is a fairly bleak album in terms of lyrics and themes.
In my opinion Amy Winehouse is the best thing to happen to British pop in years, so let's hope that whatever demons she wrestles with in her personal life don't put a stop to what could be a brilliant career.
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